MMORPGs, Are You There Yet?

maddugan writes "CNN recently posted a story about a company by the name There and their opening of a public beta for their 'Virtual Universe'. One of the key element is that you can buy virtual Levis and Nikes for your Avatar. " Hemos & I have been playing The Sims Online- Come visit the Slashdot Charisma Sweatshop on the absolute west edge of the Mt Fuji City and say hi. I got my real nick for once too! I love MMORPGs and 'There' looks like another wrinkle on taking Sims type games online. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

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MUSH had all that and more, for decades, for free

[Azundris]

...so please tell me what the big deal is? Sure, the fact that it's a graphical rather than a textual "viewport" to the virtual world might appeal to some (it may also keep the bad spellers et al. away from the MUSHes, not necessarily a bad thing), but let's face it, the screenshots looked pathetic even to me, and I don't consider myself to be an overly visually-oriented person to begin with...

To paraphrase, if you need a visual "crutch" for your imagination, this is sadly inadequate. If you don't, I fail to see what kind of value this service adds.